Dell EMC VNXe Series, Hardware Information Manual

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6 EMC VNXe3100 Hardware Information Guide
Preface
IMPORTANT
In a dual SP system, when calculating the number of drives for your VNXe3100 platform,
the DPE is included in the total drive slot quantity of from 96 to 99 drives in a dual SP
system. If the total drive slot quantity exceeds from 96 to 99, you will not be able to add
another DAE.
In a single SP system, when calculating the number of drives for your VNXe3100 platform,
the DPE is included in the total drive slot quantity of from 48 to 49 drives in a single SP
system. If the total drive slot quantity exceeds from 48 to 49, you will not be able to add
another DAE.
The “Disk-array enclosure” section on page 36 provides details about the number of DAEs
supported in a VNXe3100 platform.
This guide is available online at www.emc.com/vnxesupport. On this page, click
Documentation. On the page that appears, under VNXe Series, click VNXe3100. On the
next page that appears, under Content type, click Manuals and Guides. On the right side
of the page that appears, a list of all the VNXe3100 product guides will appear. Select the
VNXe3100 Hardware Information Guide
from this list. The guide and other related VNX
Series guides can be downloaded from here.
Revision history
The following table presents the revision history of this document:
Revision Date Description
A03 June, 2012 Following items were changed in this
release:
• First release of the
VNXe3100 Hardware
Information Guide
in the new EMC look
and feel
• Added information about the “Two-port
10-Gb/s copper Ethernet I/O personality
module” on page 28
• Added information about the “2U, 25
(2.5-inch) DAE” on page 45
A02 May, 2011 Added information to Table 3 on page 24 .
A01 February, 2011 First release of the
VNXe3100 Hardware
Information Guide